Ćiro Blažević was born in the town of Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatian sensation in France 1998 Miroslav Ćiro Blažević was a legendary trainer of Croatian football representation. Under his leadership, it won sensational third place at the 1998 UEFA World Championship in Paris. Known as a very social and intelligent person, he was not only a great sports trainer, but also a great psychologist, able to communicate with masses and individually. He always expressed his opinion very openly, and did not hesitate to enter into discussions, sometimes very heated. Despite this, he always behaved like a gentleman, keeping his human integrity unaffected. Ćiro Blažević in France in 1998, with a French police cap He had a great admiration and respect for dr. Franjo Tuđman, the first president of the Republic of Croatia.  Miroslav Ćiro Blažević and Dr. Franjo Tuđman, president of the Republic of Croatia,
in Paris in 1998.
Miroslav Blažević, nicknamed Ćiro, was born in the lovely town of Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he completed his primary school, and a secondary school, which was the then high quality Jesuit Gymnasium (Isusovačka gimnazija, Travnik). His parents wanted him to be a priest, but he was destinied to become world class football trainer. A short biography of Miroslav Ćiro Blažević Due to his leadership, Croatian football representation became universaly known. Under his baton, his team was composed of world class sportsmen such as Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban, Slaven Bilić, Robert Jarni, Robert Prosinečki, Igor Štimac, and others.  Luka Modrić and Miroslav Ćiro Blažević
Zlatko Dalić, also born in BiH, considers himself to be a student of Ćiro Blažević, and when in 2018 Croatian national football team won the second place, Ćiro Blažević was extremely pleased, since Dalić surpassed the 1988 success of Blažević. Illuminating lecture delivered by Miroslav Ćiro Blažević (you can include the English subtitles – go to the Settings wheel).
In addition to his undeniable football knowledge, he’s best known for his motivational skills and interesting media appearances. Don’t miss a chance to hear a guy who was voted (by other managers) as the best football manager in the World. Popular Ćiro told us a story about a magical power of team motivation and shared his unique approach with us. The town of Travnik (in Bosnia and Herzegovina), where Miroslav Blažević was born, is also the birthplace of
During various periods of time, Ćiro Blažević was coaching not only Croatian national team (1994-200), but also national teams of Switzerland (1976), Iran (2001), of his native Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008-2009), and of China (2010-2011). |
| Watch Ćiro laughing, crying, swearing and sending a message: Help us! In the last eight years, Meeting G2 organized 8 conferences with 47 panels and 250 panelists, we presented 42 Croatian start-ups, gathered more than 1100 participants from 34 countries of the world, and helped 340 business people from Croatian diaspora connect with almost 300 Croatian companies, business trips were organized for guests from the diaspora, presenting the economic potential of Osijek, Rijeka, Gospić, Zadar and Zagreb. It’s hard to single out the most memorable and interesting panel, but this time we’re making an exception to honor our one-of-a-kind soccer coach.  Ćiro Blažević wearing a French police cap.
This Wednesday, 2 days ago, the celebrated Croatian football coach Miroslav Blažević, better known simply as Ćiro, was buried at the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb. A man who left no one indifferent, a man who attracted attention wherever he appeared, a man who was loved by everyone, both politicians and media and athletes and ordinary people because he himself was an ordinary man. Miroslav Ćiro Blažević – Meeting G2.3 (November 2017.) He was born in Travnik in BiH way back in 1935. and he died after due to long and serious illness last week in Zagreb, at the age of 88, just a few days before his birthday.
We will not talk about Ćiro’s rich biography on this occasion, because these days in the Croatian media a lot could be heard, seen and learned about him. We want to remember Ćiro as our dear guest because in 2017 he participated in our conference MEETING G2.3 where he – as a panelist, in the company of several other legendary Croatian athletes – put on a real show!
To him be eternal glory! May he rest in peace in his eternal home in Croatia, country that he loved so much‌ |
Croatians in Peru in 2018
Croatians in Peru in 2022
